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The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 placed a statutory duty on local authorities to form a Community Safety Partnership (CSP) to tackle crime, disorder, anti-social behaviour, substance misuse and other behaviour adversely affecting the local environment and to reduce re-offending.

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 placed a statutory duty on local authorities to form a Community Safety Partnership (CSP) to tackle crime, disorder, ASB substance misuse and other behaviour adversely affecting the local environment and reduce re-offending

Following the creation of Cumberland council in April 2023, a new Cumberland CSP was formed.

Section 17 of the Act states what the statutory responsibilities of the CSP are, which include:

•    Approval of a Strategic Threat Assessment & Partnership Plan, setting out priorities for the CSP
• Reduce crime & disorder, ASB, substance misuse and reoffending
•    Monitor and report on the progress of the CSP
•    Develop and monitor information sharing
•    Commission and coordinate as Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews (formerly Domestic Homicide Reviews)
•    Have an effective ASB Case Review process

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 requires specified authorities for a local government area to work together and plan to
prevent and reduce serious violence, including identifying the kinds of serious violence that occur in the area, the causes of that violence (so far as it is possible to do so), and to prepare and implement a strategy for preventing, and reducing serious violence in the area. This is known as the serious violence duty.

The local serious violence duty strategy sits within Safer Cumbria, which is a county wide partnership board chaired by the Office of the police, fire and crime commissioner (OFPCC). The strategy is published on their website. (https://cumbria-pfcc.gov.uk) As per guidance, the PFCC takes responsibility for convening the local partnership arrangements.

The strategy is delivered by the serious violence duty operational group, (a subgroup of Safer Cumbria) with membership from all responsible authorities.

Both Cumberland and Westmorland CSP's are members of the operational group to allow the CSP’s accountability for ensuring that a strategy to prevent and reduce serious violence is in place even though they are not the partnership chosen to deliver the Duty

Our aim

"The Cumberland Community Safety Partnership will work together to create safe and resilient communities where everyone can live, work and thrive."

We will do this by:

•Ensuring that our statutory duties as a partnership are met

•Developing coordinated partnership responses to tackle each strategic priority

•Adopting a Trauma based Approach

•Be intelligence led and data informed

•Taking an Evidence based approach with a focus on Prevention and reporting back on the Lived experience to demonstrate improvements in the quality of life of our communities.

Local Focus Hubs

Local focus hubs (LFHs) are made up from a range of partners including the Cumberland council, Cumbria police, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service, probation, local registered providers of social housing, mental health services, liaison and diversion, third sector agencies and other partners as necessary.

There are 3 local focus hubs across Cumberland, based in the 3 former district council areas.

The Hubs promote partnership working to prevent antisocial behaviour and crime and disorder, engage with local communities to proactively identify complex problem areas, and tackle issues having a detrimental effect on the quality of life of the local community.

The focus hubs co-ordinate much of the community safety work across Cumberland including ASB case reviews and unauthorised encampments.

Some local focus hub case studies

CAP's

Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAP's) exist to reduce alcohol harm in local communities from drinking by young people under 25, with a particular emphasis on preventing underage drinking.

Cumberland hosts 2 Community Alcohol Partnerships in the former Allerdale and Copeland areas.

VISION - To help shape a society in which communities work in partnership to ensure that children do not drink alcohol and develop responsible attitudes to drinking as they become adults.

Workington CAP Youth Services Directory

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